Aerator & Irrigation system Don't mix!!!

[hazmat]

Thought I was doing my pops a favor by aerating his lawn. He has a lot of clay & it was quite compacted - never aerated in 14 years.

Well I sprung about two dozen leaks in the irrigation system that either wasn't buried deep enough, or moved to within 1.5" of the surface due to 10 years of frost. [img]/forums/images/graemlins/mad.gif[/img] [img]/forums/images/graemlins/mad.gif[/img] [img]/forums/images/graemlins/mad.gif[/img]

My dad took it in stride as we figured out what parts we needed to repair the holes. He's going to work on it this week & I'll be down again next weekend to help him finish it up.

Sorry, no pix, too muddy to be touching the camera.

[MossRoad]

Ouch! [img]/forums/images/graemlins/tongue.gif[/img]

Better that it was irrigation than electric or phone for the whole neighborhood [img]/forums/images/graemlins/shocked.gif[/img]

Oh well, live and learn, right? [img]/forums/images/graemlins/smile.gif[/img]

[equipman]

hazmat
When I was a golf course superintendent (in a former life), I found the way to locate your irrigation lines was to aerify. It is amazing how 18" deep can get so shallow. It is much better than cutting a bunch of phone lines or especially fiber opic lines.
Lewis